Widgetkit 2.7 released

New RSS feed content provider, custom map markers and a datepicker

Apr

22

We've updated Widgetkit to 2.7 today. This new version includes new custom fields like the Google Marker and a date and pathpicker. Moreover, you can now display any RSS feed on your website with the new added Content Provider. Of course this new version brings further improvements and fixes.

RSS Feed Content Provider

From now on you can display RSS feeds on your website. The new Content Provider fetches the latest news from a given RSS feed by adding the source link and renders the feed items respecting the chosen limit setting.

Custom Map Marker

You can now individualize the marker icon on your map widgets. Each location field contains an additional field to change the marker icon for this item. It is also possible to change the marker icons for all widget items at once in the settings. Simply insert a hex color code to change the marker to any color. But that's not all, create a custom marker by inserting the path to your own marker image. That's a quite cool gimmick if you want to display your company on the map. Therefore, you could just pick your company's logo and set the location.

Path and Datepicker

We added two new custom fields to Widgetkit, which simplify selecting paths to files or folders and dates in a calendar. If you want to build a custom event widget the datepicker eases picking the right date by opening a calendar in your backend. The pathpicker resembles the default media picker but allows to choose e.g. pdf and zip files to provide them on your website as downloads.

Comments and feedback

We hope you'll enjoy the Widgetkit update. Like always we look forward for your feedback, so leave a comment below.

markusb

akcreation

Thanks for the update. I'm hoping that the bug with Zoo Content provider has been fixed in this update?
As nobody has responded to my support thread ( http://yootheme.com/support/question/97363).
I like the sound of the Path and Datepicker custom fields - it would be great if you could give a tutorial on how to create a custom event widget, or any custom widget for that matter - as until I see that then I don't know how to create a custom widget at all.
I'm sure many of your users could do all sorts of amazing things with widgetkit if we were just given a bit more direction on what it is capable of and how to achieve it.
Thanks

mauro.miotello

michael.anlauf

sandro.risi

Widgetkit is a awesome component, but I have one problem. If you use widgetkit with joomla 3.5 and t3-framework, the dropdown-navigation on smartphones and tablets doesn’t works fine. The 2nd-Level Navi closed always, when you open it with a click. When I uninstall the widgetkit-component it works fine. Maybe you can solve this problem?!? Thanks for your work.

german.de.souza

akcreation

rmpowell123

A calendar widget that can display a literal calendar and events would be a welcome new feature for Widgetkit. Current third party calendar plug-ins/modules are too complicated and unappealing in their display.